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The Buddha teaches on result, presenting a tenfold teaching for disciples on the path.

AN 10.188 Result

“Dukkhavipākañca vo, bhikkhave, dhammaṁ desessāmi sukhavipākañca. Taṁ suṇātha …pe… katamo ca, bhikkhave, dukkhavipāko dhammo? Pāṇātipāto …pe… micchādiṭṭhi— ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, dukkhavipāko dhammo.

Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sukhavipāko dhammo? Pāṇātipātā veramaṇī …pe… sammādiṭṭhi— ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sukhavipāko dhammo”ti.

Ekādasamaṁ.

Sādhuvaggo tatiyo.

Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).

“Dukkhavipākañca vo, bhikkhave, dhammaṁ desessāmi sukhavipākañca.

“I will teach you the principle that results in suffering and that which results in happiness. …

Taṁ suṇātha …pe…

katamo ca, bhikkhave, dukkhavipāko dhammo?

And what is the principle that results in suffering?

Pāṇātipāto …pe…

Killing living creatures …

micchādiṭṭhi—

wrong view.

ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, dukkhavipāko dhammo.

This is called the principle that results in suffering.

Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sukhavipāko dhammo?

And what is the principle that results in happiness?

Pāṇātipātā veramaṇī …pe…

Not killing living creatures …

sammādiṭṭhi—

right view.

ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sukhavipāko dhammo”ti.

This is called the principle that results in happiness.”

Ekādasamaṁ.

Sādhuvaggo tatiyo.

Qualities:

Happiness

Happiness

☀️ bright quality

Bodily ease and comfort; a pleasant feeling experienced with the body. In the third jhāna, one dwells experiencing this pleasure with the body. It is abandoned, along with bodily pain, for the fourth jhāna to arise.

Also known as: pleasant abiding, positive state of mind, sense of ease
Pāli: sukha
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Right view

Right view

☀️ bright quality

View that is in line with the Dhamma — teachings of the Buddha that point to the nature of reality, the ultimate truth.

Also known as: right understanding, right belief, view that is inline with the Dhamma
Pāli: sammādiṭṭhi
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Slaughtering

Slaughtering

☁️ dark quality

The deliberate killing of a living being, carried out with the intention of ending its life while disregarding its natural drive to continue living.

Also known as: killing, murdering, taking life
Pāli: pāṇātipāta
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Suffering

Suffering

☁️ dark quality

Unpleasantness, discontentment, dissatisfaction, stress, pain, disease, i.e. mild or intense suffering that is inherent in conditioned existence.

Also known as: discomfort, unpleasantness, discontentedness, dissatisfaction, stress, pain, disease, distress, affliction
Pāli: dukkha
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Wrong view

Wrong view

☁️ dark quality

A distorted understanding that sees permanence in the impermanent, satisfaction in the unsatisfactory, or self in the not-self. Wrong view guides action by delusion, obscuring cause and effect, and closes the door to wisdom and release.

Also known as: distorted or inverted perception, untrue view, false belief
Pāli: micchādiṭṭhi
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Last updated on July 27, 2026

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